Something that stood out to me about The Stone Boy in particular was its biblical echoes -- the first thing to alert me to the comparison was Arnold's nakedness, both in the opening and in the crucial moment when he knocks at his mother's door, suddenly realizing he is naked as the guilt washes over him.
Something that stood out to me about The Stone Boy in particular was its biblical echoes -- the first thing to alert me to the comparison was Arnold's nakedness, both in the opening and in the crucial moment when he knocks at his mother's door, suddenly realizing he is naked as the guilt washes over him.
The parallels aren't neat and tidy, of course, (and they shouldn't be) as the story echoes the myth of Abel and Cain too.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can make something of Berriault's use of bibilcal parallel.
Something that stood out to me about The Stone Boy in particular was its biblical echoes -- the first thing to alert me to the comparison was Arnold's nakedness, both in the opening and in the crucial moment when he knocks at his mother's door, suddenly realizing he is naked as the guilt washes over him.
The parallels aren't neat and tidy, of course, (and they shouldn't be) as the story echoes the myth of Abel and Cain too.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can make something of Berriault's use of bibilcal parallel.